School of nursing

With a passion for health care, Sarah Ashouri learned that two degrees were not enough to provide the patient care she genuinely deserved to give.

School of Nursing student Emily Fonville quickly learned the UAB family is committed to helping each other achieve their purpose after her longtime health issues challenged her education.

Students enrolled in the UAB Department of Pediatrics Mini Medical School are immersed in hands-on learning about the wide variety of career opportunities in the health care field.

This semester, at least 2,963 students are eligible to graduate, and more than 1,871 students are expected to walk in the three ceremonies in Bartow Arena.

Come together with members of the UAB community to raise money for student scholarships. This year’s race will be at Crestline Village in Mountain Brook.

Over 55 years after earning his first degree, Donald Diltz will graduate from the UAB School of Nursing and begin an internship at UAB Medicine at the age of 77.

$2.3 million grant now aims to promote wellness of UAB School of Nursing students, faculty and staff
Phase II of the WE CARE grant will focus on providing support and helping them learn to manage stress and respond compassionately to others in distress.

This record-breaking funding marks a 73 percent growth in research awards over nine years.

UAB ranked No. 142 out of 435 measured schools in 2023, serving as a testament to the university’s continued growth and national exposure as a competitive and attractive university.

Two psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners from the UAB School of Nursing are now available to see patients at the Centreville clinic.

The NIH grants will fund two studies evaluating the role of behavioral, geographic and demographic vulnerabilities in relation to HIV acquisitions among cis- and transgender women in the South.

UAB graduate and professional programs are well represented in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Research funding to UAB from the National Institutes of Health tops $300 million again.

UAB researchers have published an article demonstrating how the term “aggressive care,” used loosely by clinicians to describe care that can negatively impact quality of life for patients with serious illness, is often used to inappropriately label the preferences of African American patients.

The five-year project will focus on improving education and training efforts of dental students on how to care for vulnerable groups, including those undergoing substance use disorders.

The UAB School of Nursing is relaunching its nurse-midwifery pathway to grow a workforce of nurse-midwives who can improve access to care for underserved women and their infants in Alabama.

UAB graduate and professional programs are well represented in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Benefits of the blood pressure medication verapamil include delayed disease progression, lowered insulin requirements and preservation of some beta cell function.

Collective strength of the research enterprise leads to almost $849 million in research grants and awards for FY 2021.

Research funding to UAB from the National Institutes of Health tops $300 million again.
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